PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges. Frankels comes to the cage accompanied by Dawn....Summer Solstice... . St. Georges has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bob Frankels
vs
St. Georges

200 cm
20
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Frankels.

Frankels drives through with a takedown into guard.
Frankels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St. Georges works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Frankels's corner is telling him to maintain position.
St. Georges keeping full guard, as Frankels tries to pass.
St. Georges working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frankels distracts St. Georges with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
St. Georges is trying to control the position but Frankels postures up.
Frankels content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Frankels trying to control the position from guard on top but St. Georges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
St. Georges looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Frankels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
Frankels thows a body kick. St. Georges tries to catch it but that hurt him.
St. Georges has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by St. Georges.
St. Georges throws a poor cross that misses
and Frankels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Frankels misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frankels looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
St. Georges misses with a right hand
and Frankels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Frankels is looking to slow St. Georges down with leg kicks.
St. Georges blocks a jab.
Whack! Frankels lands a heavy head kick that drops St. Georges. The ref tackles Frankels to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because St. Georges was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Rocket Bob Frankels!
Rocket Bob Frankels decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.